Mhow, Madhya Pradesh: The 20th edition of the prestigious Higher Defence Orientation Course (HDOC-20) officially commenced today at the Army War College (AWC) in Mhow, bringing together senior officers from the Army, Navy, and Air Force alongside participants from several friendly foreign countries. AWC released information regarding commencement of this course on its official X…
New Delhi: In a significant milestone for India’s strategic deterrence, the Indian Navy has commissioned INS Aridaman (S4), its third indigenously built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), on April 3, 2026. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh presided over a low-key ceremony in Visakhapatnam, underscoring the quiet professionalism that has characterised India’s Advanced Technology Vessel (ATV) programme….
Mhow, Madhya Pradesh: Rear Admiral BS Sodhi, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Policy & Plans), delivered a comprehensive address at the Army War College (AWC) here, highlighting the Indian Navy’s strategic focus on capability development to address emerging threats in the maritime domain. Speaking to an audience of senior Indian Army officers and faculty, Rear…
On March 30, 2026, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers executed an unprecedented triple-hull delivery to the Indian Navy in Kolkata, serving as a definitive metric of stabilizing domestic shipyard throughput. This concurrent handover of the Project 17A guided-missile frigate Dunagiri, the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft Agray, and the Survey Vessel Large Sanshodhak signals a…
In an era of precision strikes, advanced surveillance, and rapid military mobility, geography continues to assert itself as the most enduring factor in warfare. Few nations illustrate this truth more vividly than Iran. Its terrain, a formidable combination of towering mountain ranges, unforgiving deserts, and a strategically positioned coastline, transforms the country into what can…
New Delhi: In the intricate chessboard of Central Asian geopolitics, where alliances shift with the precision of a fighter jet’s evasive manoeuvre, New Delhi has executed what analysts are describing as a textbook case of adaptive power projection. India’s quiet withdrawal from Tajikistan’s Ayni Airbase in late 2025, long hailed as the Indian Air Force’s…
The Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff (HQ IDS) has officially announced the second edition of ‘RAN SAMWAD’, India’s premier Tri-Services seminar dedicated to ‘Conversations on War, Warfare and Warfighting.’ Scheduled for April 9-10 this year, at the Air Force Training Command in Bangalore, the event will convene senior military leaders, Defence experts, and thought leaders to…
At the prestigious Army War College in Mhow, Lieutenant General DS Rana, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, Commander-in-Chief of Strategic Forces Command, addressed participants of the Junior Officers’ Command and Staff Programme (JOCAP) during a special interaction focused on the evolving security landscape and future military preparedness. The session was attended by Lieutenant General HS Sahi,…
PORT BLAIR, India Building on its established framework of joint-services integration, the Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) has executed a demanding series of combat workups involving troops drawn from formations across mainland India. The exercise, according to an official update shared on platform X, focused on honing “decisive multi-domain strike capability” across sea, land and…
In a stark escalation of rhetoric that has reverberated across world capitals, US President Donald Trump issued a blistering threat on social media late Monday, vowing to unleash ‘overwhelming force- twenty times harder’, should Iran persist in disrupting oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz. The post, shared on X (formerly Twitter) and cross-posted to…
